Mary and Max

Adam Elliot | Australia, 2009 | 90 minutos

La cinta narra la historia de una gran amistad forjada desde hace años a través del correo, donde están involucrados dos seres muy diferentes físicamente pero muy iguales en sus sentimientos de soledad. Por un lado una niña de 8 años de Melbourne, y por otro Max Horovitz, un hombre adulto con obesidad mórbida que vive en Nueva York

About the director

Adam Elliot is an Academy Award winning independent auteur animator and portrait artist based in Melbourne Australia. His animated films and portraits are what he calls, Clayographies, clay animated biographies based on the bittersweet lives of his family and friends.

His five films have collectively participated in over seven hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet and five Annecy Crystals. He also won best animation short at Pixelatl Festival 2015.

Information:

• Date and Time: Saturday 7, 4:00 p.m.
• Where: Cinema Morelos | Room 1
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Access: All passports
• Note: At the end of the film there will be a question and answer session with the director Adam Elliot.